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NITED STATES JAMES XV. VARD AND GEORGE l. SYLVESTER, OF GALT, ONTARIO, CANADA.

SYRINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,316, dated January 12,1886.

Application filed September 7, 1885. Serial No. 176,330. (No model.) Patented in Canada September 17, 1885, No. 22,481.l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J AMEs WATSON WARD, painter, and GEORGE PERRY SYL- vEsTER, physician, both of the town of Galt, in the county of Vaterloo, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have jointly invented an Improved Medical Instrument to be Used in /Vomb and Vaginal Complaints, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to design an instrument by which medicated liquids may be injected into the vagina., land the liquid so injected drawn therefrom without any escaping onto the clothes of the patient or the bed on which she may at the time be lying; and it consists, essentially, of aflexible bag arranged to encircle injecting and escaping tubes, the said flexible bag being provided with a tube by which it may be readily inflated for the purpose of' forming what may be termed a cork for the vagina outside of the point where the fluid is injected, the escaping-tubes opening near the same point, so that theiliquid after it has performed its duty will escape through the tube into a basin Or other recep tacle provided for the purpose, the inated bag forming a complete stopper to prevent the escape of liquid, as stated.

Figure l represents a sectional elevation of the instrument uninliated. Fig. 2 is a view ofthe instrument inflated.

A represents a cylinder, of gutta-percha or other suitable material, having one end round ed off, as shown, so as to be readily inserted into t-he vagina.

B is a exible bag, made of' rubber or any other suitable flexible material, and arranged to surround the cylinder A, tO which it is hermetically sealed.

The cylinder A is preferably made solid, with three passage-ways pierced through it. The passage-way a is for the purpose of conveying the fluid into the vagina, and in Order that the said fluid shall be injected in the form of a spray to wash the walls of the vagina a. series ofperforations,c,are madein the rounded point of the cylinder A, to communicate with the passage-way c.

b is the passageway for the escape of the fluid. The opening of this passage-way extends through the side of the cylinder A between the top of the bag B and the perforations leading into the passage-way c.

d is a passage-Way through the cylinder A into the bag B.

Vhen in proper position, the bag B is iniiated,

preferably with air, and when so inliated forms a cork to completely stop up the passageway. The injector is then used and the Huid discharged into the vagina escapes through the passage-way b and tube D into the basin or other receptacle without any of it escaping onto the clothes of the patient orl the bed upon which she may at the time be lying. Vhen the operation is performed,the

valve in the tube E is opened and the bag B permitted to collapse, when the instrument may be readily withdrawn.

The foregoing description, with the drawings,describes the instrument in what we consider the best form; but it will Of course be understood that the form may be varied without altering the principle of the invention,and the materials and dimensions of the various parts may also be changed to suit the taste of the manufacturer or the physician adopting the instrument.

Vhat we claim as our invention isl. The cylinder-A, having passageway a and escape-passage b. independent of said passage a and extending through the side of the cylinder, combined with the flexible inflatable bag B, surrounding said cylinder and provided with an inflation-passage independent of said passages c b, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The cylinder A, having passage-way a, escape passage-way b, and inflation passage- Way d, each independent of the other, conibined with the iieXible inflatable bag B, surrounding said cylinder, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

Galt, September 2, 1885.

JAMES W. VARD. GEO. P. SYLVESTER.

In presence Of- E. J. BEAUMONT, W. V. HOWELL.

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